Big Hero 6 is an upcoming 3D computer-animated superhero film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. Directed by Don Hall. Big Hero 6 will be the first Disney animated feature to feature Marvel characters since The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Marvel Entertainment in 2009. Big Hero 6 in theatres November 7, 2014 by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Disney is reanimated with 'Frozen,' 'Big Hero 6'

The Japan-set Marvel tale 'Big Hero 6' and the musical 'Frozen' are the latest examples of the once-flagging studio's creative metamorphosis. Credit Ed Catmull and John Lasseter, who brought Pixar management style with them to Disney.

The studio behind the animated fantasies "Bambi," "Dumbo" and '"The Lion King" has a new kind of hero tale on the way — a Marvel Comics one. Walt Disney Animation Studios is announcing on Thursday plans to release "Big Hero 6," an action-comedy inspired by a little-known Japan-set Marvel series about a team of state-sanctioned superheroes.

"Big Hero 6" will be the first partnership between two pedigreed entertainment companies — Mickey Mouse's 90-year-old animation studio and Spider-Man's 74-year-old publisher — since the Walt Disney Co. acquired Marvel in 2009. Directed by Don Hall ("Winnie the Pooh") and due in theaters on Nov. 7, 2014, the movie will center on a boy and his beloved robot companion who join a team of crime fighters in a mythical mashup city called San Fransokyo.

The CG-animated comic book story — and Disney's upcoming fairy tale musical "Frozen" — are part of a continuing creative metamorphosis at the studio, one begun seven years ago with the arrival of Disney Animation President Ed Catmull and Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter.

Set in fictional San Fransokyo, Big Hero 6 follows "a boy genius named Hiro Hamada, as he builds this robot to kind of take the place of his brother who recently was killed... He's dead-set" says Morgan, "on finding out who the identity of the killer is. But he can't do it alone, so he gets this group of young vigilantes together, and they are gonna figure out who dunnit."

Hiro: "Think Jimmy Neutron, but not as lame... He doesn't get along well with others, he's sort of misunderstood. He's actually a college student at San Fransokyo Tech with his brother Tadashi." Hiro and Tadashi (thanks to The Rotoscopers for clarifying the spellings of the names for us!) decide to do an Iron Man and make some cool metal robot-y stuff. Hiro's 14. Tadashi: "older brother of Hiro, and these two couldn't be more polar opposites," apparently. He's building "a caregiver robot, made of this soft, inflatable plastic material." Wasabi No-Ginger: A member of the research team led by Tadashi. He's "this African-American student who's really into this idea of creating a plasma blade... A plasma beam that'll cut things, but it won't cut humans." So like a lame lightsaber, I guess. Apparently he's "a man of few words." Honey Lemon: "This super cute, bubbly blonde girl. Like a female Walter White," in so much as her love of Chemistry, apparently. There'll be no meth. This is still a Disney film after all. Very concerned about what she's wearing, but also likes blowing stuff up. As you do. GoGo Tomago: Ticked off by Honey Lemon's curious outfits, thinking that she just does it to attract male attention. Y'know, like Mean Girls-y kinda stuff. "Sporty girl... super competitive. She has a really hard time taking orders from Hiro when eventually they form Big Hero 6. Fred: "Just Fred." No real purpose at the college, by the sounds of it; "he's just there." Cass: Hiro and Tadashi's mum, "she's nice, she's friendly." In Studio Ghibli-sounding fashion, she also runs a coffee shop out of the bottom level of her house. Yokai: The villain of Big Hero 6, who dons a Kabuki mask. His evil plan involves building "this big machine to get him into another dimension." Baymax: The big robot you can clearly see in both the concept art for the film that heads this post, and the character silhouettes above. "After Tadashi is killed, Hiro takes Tadashi's caregiver robot and kinda converts him into Baymax." Baymax is apparently a combination between Tadashi's caregiver robot and a fighting one that Hiro had previously made. The formerly soft, plushy robot is now cased in a suit of armour, but he still comes out with cheesy care-bear-esque lines.

Our first look at the logo, or at least a logo, for Walt Disney Animation and Don Hall‘s upcoming animated film of Big Hero 6 comes courtesy of Instagram and a series of snaps showing animators from the studio.

They say there’s a lot you can learn from where an animator decides to get their Big Hero 6 tattoo. Well, okay, they don’t. Maybe they will in future. I mean, if phrenology can catch on, anything is possible.

Last week we shared a lot of new info about the film, with the first real story details and an introduction to the main characters. Well worth checking out, I promise you. This film sounds very ambitious and will be an exciting new venture for Disney animation.

While Disney failed to wow attendees at the industry expo Cinemacon with news regarding its upcoming slate, one actor has taken matters into his own hands. Comedian TJ Miller (who will next be seen in HBO’s new series ‘Silicon Valley’ from Mike Judge) recently confirmed via Twitter that he will be featured in Disney’s Big Hero 6 as Fred /aka/ Fredzilla, whose powers include turning himself into a Godzilla-like monster and projecting a dinosaur avatar ‘that can only be seen from certain perspectives.’ In the comics, Fred also has claimed to spent part of his childhood living at a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base in Japan.

From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes Big Hero 6, an action comedy adventure about brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion—a robot named Baymax—Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city. Inspired by the Marvel comics of the same name, and featuring comic-book style action and all the heart and humor audiences expect from Walt Disney Animation Studios, the CG-animated Big Hero 6 hits theaters in 3D on November 7, 2014.

Walt Disney Studios has yet to make any official announcements regarding casting for Big Hero 6.

Henry Jackman has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature Big Hero 6. The action comedy adventure directed by Don Hall & Chris Williams (Bolt) is inspired by the Marvel comics of the same title. The movie follows a brilliant robotics prodigy who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. The Big Hero 6 characters first appeared in 1998 and Marvel later on released a series of six comics featuring the team in 2008. TJ Miller has recently been announced as part of the film’s voice cast. Roy Conli (Tangled, Treasure Planet) is producing the Walt Disney Animation Studios production and John Lasseter is executive producing the project. Jackman has previously scored the last Winnie the Pooh movie for Hall and Disney and also composed the music for the studio’s animated hit Wreck-It-Ralph, for which he received an Annie Award. The composer also recently scored his first film for Marvel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Big Hero 6 is set to be released on November 7, 2014 by Walt Disney Pictures. For updates on the animated feature, visit the official movie website.